Garment-pressing apparatus



April 13 1926.

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GAEMIEN T-IPREESSING AEQARATUS.

Application filed April 18, 1924, Serial Ho. 7%,??53.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, EDWARD J. Sorinmrr, a citizen of. the United States, and a resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented. a certain new and useful Garment-Pressing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a pressing ap-' paratus particularly applicable for pressing knit goods, as sweaters, underwear, hosiery, and other articles, and intended primarily, butnot exclusively for garment factories and laundries, and it has for; its object a particularly simple and efficient means for facilitating the arrangement of the articles on the conveyor belt, and means for controlling the operation of the cone veyor belt and o l the pressing machine.

The invention consists in the novel ieatures and in the combinations and construc tions hereinafter-{set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate f corresponding parts in all the-tiews.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front perspective view of the left hand'portion of the machine embodying my invention.

Figure 2 i a fragmentary front perspective view of the right hand portion of the machine.

I Figure 3 is airaginentary' sideelevati'onof the mechanism of the pressing machine for actuating the press head of such machine. 1

Figure 4 is a detail view of the actuatitor clamping and facilitatother articles on the receiving end of the conveyor belt. I I Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the remote control switch for controlling the operation of theautornatic breaker switch and the extent or movement of the belt during each operation,

Figureo is a diagrammatic view of the electrical circuits controlling the motor.

This apparatus comprises generally a pressing machine, including cooperating pressing elements, one of which is movable toward and from the other, a conveyor belt running over the lower pressing element, that is between the pressing elements, means for controlling the actuation of the movable pressing element and the belt, and means for clamping the articles on, the receiving end of the belt for facilitating the stretching or the arrangement thereof while the belt is idle. i

, This machine is oi the type'shown in-the patent toSchaufler, No. 1,511,582, granted i on Oct. 1s,'1924,-tor work conveyor for laundry andgarme'nt pressing machines.

'lliispressing machine may be of any suitable t'orm, size and construction, and, as

here shown, includes a horizontal lowerbuck 1, a press head 2, movable toward and Irom the lower buck, it being carried on a suitable frame, and means for actuating the head, The press head is usually carried. by

a yoke l pivoted at 5' between its ends to a standard 6, risin' from the frame. The front arm of the yo e carries'the press head 2 many well known manner, and the rear arm is connected to suitable actuatingmechanisrn.- This actuating mechanism includes a lever 7 pivoted at 8, to, the frame near the base thereof, toggle links 9, 10, pivoted together at 11, the link 9 being pivoted to the frame usually on the same pivot 8 that'con- ,nects the lever Z to the frame; and the link 10 being pivoted at 12 to the rear arm of the yoke t. The link 10 usually consists I of endwisely adjustable sections, one of which includes a screw 13, actuated by a hand: wheel 14: to lengthen or shorten the link 10,. as will be understood by those skilled in the art, for the 19, a one-halt revolution-upon each opera-i tion or the lever 18,.0ne-half revolution depressing the lever 7 and the other half permittin the lever to rise under theinfiuence' of a counterweight 20, and .a spring 20- ifnecessary acting in conjunctionwith the counter weight.

When thehead is up the actuation of the can; 17 depresses the lever .7,"but such deurpose of ad gusting the machine to the t ickness of the pression is ineffective upon the yoke 4, unless the press head has first been closed either by hand Or by mechanism to nearly straighten the toggle links 10, 11. The head 5 is initially closed by manual operating mechanism, here shown, as consisting of a rock shaft journalled in the frame and extendingforwardly and rearwardly and having a handle 21 at its front end, a bevel gear 10 .22 at its rear end meshing with the bevel gear 23 carried by the frame, 'and toggle links 24, 25, mounted on the shaft 26, on l which the gear 23 is mounted and on the shaft 12 to which the rear link 10 of the main toggleis connected. Obviously, by turning the handle 21 the toggle links 24, 25, will be straightened from their position shown in Fig. 3, and thus; bring down the head toward the lower buck 1, and in so do- 0 ing nearly straighten the toggle. links 9, 10. Thereafter the lever 18 is thrown to connect the cam'17 to the motor, so that, the cam makes a one-half revolution. The motion of the lever 7 is transferred to the toggle 25 links 9, 10, after the links 9, 10, have been straightened by themanual closing of the press head bythe operation of the handle 21,

by a 1ink'26 pivoted at 27 to the rear end of the power lever 7 and connected to one or the other of the links 9, 10 by a lost motion connection as a pin vand. slot connection 29,

30. This link 26 normally extends rear-.

wardly nearly horizontalband the operation of the lever 7. when the link'is in this position is of no effect, but when the head 2 has been closed down toward the lowerbuck 1,

so that, the toggle has nearly straightened, the link is carried upwardly to nearly an up right position, so that, the pin 29 moves to the lower end of the slot, and when the power is applied to the'lever 7, the pin 29 then shoulders against the lower end of the slot 30, and hence, thrusts the toggle links 9, 10, into or nearly intotheir dead center line. The operating mechanism for the press head 2 may be of any suitable form, size and construction, and its construction per se forms no part ofthis invention.

v31 is a conveyor belt, running over the face of the buck ,1, and extending beyond opposite ends of the'buck 1, suitable di-1 tances to permit one operator to place the garments or articles on the end of the belt on one side of the buck 1, while another op- 'erator removes the pressed articles from the portion beyond the other end of the buck 1.

Preferably both runs or belts run overthe face of the buck l. The belt at its ends runs over suitable rollers as 32, sapported respectively byframes 33, 34, on opposite sldes of the. pressing-machine, suitable tables 35, 36, being located between thenpper and the lower runs of the belt at opposite sides 'of nected by a. link 7 5 to therpressing machine.

' v e lower run of the belt is supported on :the latch 55.

trapped by hand by means of a trip lever 62,

rollers 37, 38, 39, and are guided thereby under the tables 35, 36, and over the buckl. One

of the rollers 32 has itsaxle 40 supported in boxesas 41, slidable in guides 42 carried in opposite sides of the frame 33, and these boxes are adjustable to tighten the belt by able toward and from the left hand end portion of the belt 31, means for holding the clamping member in its clamped position, and means for tripping the holding means; As here shown the clamp is carried by lever arms or yoke 47 pivoted on a rod 48 carriedv .by brackets 49 supported on the table 33. A

1 spring 50 tends to move the lever arms 47 to cause saidarms to lift the clamping member 46 off the belt. The means for moving the clamping member to its operative position comprises a pedal or lever 51, pivoted be tween its ends at 52, a link 53connecting the front arm-of the lever 51 .to the rear arms of the lever The lever 51 has a treadle or' foot plate 54 at its front end. Bydepressing the lever 51, obviously ,thelclamping mem-. ber 46 will be brought down onto the work as'a sweater or other articles on the receiving end of the belt, so that, the operator. by pulling on the sweater can stretch the same into the proper pressing shape or position,

The lever 51 is held'inits operated position by suitable means as a latch 55 pivoted at 56 to the lever 51, and movable into engagement with a shoulder or detent 57., fixed to the floor orthe base of the machine, the

latch being acted upon by a suitable spring 58 which causes it to ratchet into engagement with the detent 57.

' The latch is released t permit the spring 50 to move the clamping nimbenupwardly Gut of engagement withthe work by akiokofi' lever 59, pivoted at 60 to the lever 51, and

having an arm 61 arranged to push against The latch-55 mayalso .be

having a nose 63 arranged in a notch 64 of the latch 55, when the latch is engaged with the hook 57, the lever 62 being pivoted at 65 at its inner end. The lever 62 is operated by- A suitable spring 76" acting on" the bell being con-'- tea ' memberd ,dow

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a, the press b H H lever 18 wh1ch actuates asuitable' clutch-for greases .,1n operat on .,the operator places the sweater or.v dther..garment on the'upper run 30, 'hati's, the portion of the applet We linghe table e pressesj'the; letter ,5,1 ..'to bring the clamping ontoijthe edge of the garmerit,,thellatch %.engaging the detent e7 10 the, damn ng member 46 position, Th'e operator then a held ag. its ujoperate strtchesthe sweater'orothe'r garment to its desirediposition; for -.'pressing,'

.46 either by operatinggthe, trip,.leyer 59 with the footer operatiug the, trip. lever-62 by the hand lever, 1'67.

- The 'f if e r} bi1ii1 the actuation of head as: beforestated, comprises a connecting the [cain117 to a constantlyrunning shaft. The lever 18'is actuated by means of a handle 76 pivoted to the frame 33 and connectedby-ua link,'17 to an arm 78 f mounted on a rock shaft 7}). The rock shaft '59 is suitably connected to the shifting lever 18', to swing it on its pivot 18. If this lever *76 is. operated before the head has been "the head has been brought down toward the buck 2, it will actuate the lever 18 to throwbrought down by hand, that is, by means of the handle 21, the cam will merely idle the lever 7, but if the lever 76 is operated after in the clutch. q

The intermittent operation of this lever clutch mechanism forms no part of this invention, and in' so far as this invention is concerned, it is merely necessary to bear in mind that "the lever 18'controllingithe cam will cause the cam to make a half: revolution each time that the lever 18 is operated.

The means for controlling the actuation of the belt 31,-. comprises a start and stop motor M, the shaft S of which-is provided with a pulley over which a sprocket chain 80 also runs, and over a suitable sprocket wheel '81 mounted on the axlc'of the roller 32 at the right hand end of belt.

The motor M is controlled by a push button switch 82 operating a switch within the I case'83, which switch is connected by conductors within the cable 84 to an automatic breaker switch 85 of any suitable construction. Upon the pressing of the button 82 the motor will be energized and-move the belt until the belt is stopped. The belt is stopped by a suitable in the case87 and coacting with shoulders 88 switch 86 located withor-their e uivalent spaced apart "at proper intervals a ong the margin of the belt 31, this switch being moved into and out of' engagemcnt with contact 89, in circuit with the magnet of the breaker switch 85. As the breaker switch 85 is a standard article in manufacture, and the construction and operand then re ation thereof is well known, description thereof is thought to be unnecessary.

The operator of the machine wh'le the pressing operation is being performed places new work on the left hand or receiving side of the belt, Fig. 1, moves the clamping. member 46 into engagement therewith, by deressing the lever 51, and after the garment as been properly stretched in position releases the clamping member 46' either by depressingthe trip pedal 59 or operating the handle 67, He then opens the press head'by actuating the'handle 76. ,He then presses the 'button82 which energizes the motor M causing the belt to travel a predetermined distance-as one-sixth of its length. In operation when the button 82 is pressed the belt travelsuntil one of the shoulders 88 on thebelt engages the switch 86 and moves it'out of engagement with the contact 87,"whereby upon the circuit through the magnet of the" breaker switch is broken, and the switch the switch arm 86 the circuit .is broken at the breaker switch and the belt comes to a stop, while the switch 86 again moves engagement with thecontact 89 for closing the circuit through themagnet control of the breaker switch, so that, the breaker switch is closed and the currentwill pass through the motor when the button 82-is depressed,

thus upon again pressing the button 82' the circuitwill-be completed through the motor M until the belt travels a suflicient distance to operate the'switch '86 to again open or to breakthe circuit to the magnet'control of the breaker at the contact 89. The shoulders 88 "are spaced a suitable distance apart to cause the belt to travel a sufficient distance during each operation, to carry the portion of the belt onthe lower buck oil the lower buck to the right and the portion of the belt containing the work to be pressed between the pressing elements 1, 2. After the belt has traveled approximately one-sixth its length one of the knock-off shoulders 88 enga es the switch lever 86 and breaks the circum through the magnet of the breaker switch 85, so that, the circuit through the feed wires to the motor is broken off, and the motor stops. The operator then turns the handle 21 to bring thepress head 2 down to the buck 1 and thereafter operates the handle 76, to operate the shifting lever 18 which controls the operation of the power lever 7 v by the cam. 1 and again arranges new work on the receiving end of the belt,

operates the handle 76 to cause the lever 18 to again connect the cam to the actuating means, and causes another half revolution of operated.

What I claim is K 1. In a pressing apparatus, the combination of a pressing machine, comprising coa'cting pressing elements, one of which is movable toward and from the other, means for actuating the movable pressing element, a conveyor belt movable over the face 'of the other element, motor means for actuating the belt, means controlled by the belt for controlling the amount of movement of the belt by the motor means and operator operated means for controlling the actuation of the belt by the motor means.

2. In a pressing apparatus, the combination of a pressing machine, comprising coacting pressing elements, one of which is movable toward and from the other, means for actuating the movable pressing element, a conveyor belt movable over the face of the other element, motor means for actuating the belt, means controlled by the belt for determining the amount of movement of the belt by the motor means, comprising shoulders on the belt at intervals, and a movable control member arranged in the v asoeee path of the shoulders and arranged to be actuated thereby.

3. In a pressing apparatus, the combination of a'pressing machine, comprising coacting pressing elements, one of which is movable toward and from the other, means for actuating the movable pressing element, a conveyor belt movable over the face of the other element, motor means including an electric motor for actuating the belt, an automatic breaker switch for controlling the flow of current to the motor, a manually operableswitch for throwing the breaker switch to on position and a remotecontrol controlled by the belt for throwing the breaker to off position.

4. In a pressing apparatus the combination of a pressing machine comprising coacting pressing elements, 'one of which is movable toward and from the other power means for actuating the movable element, a work conveyor belt movable between the pressing elements and extending beyond op posite sides of the pressing machine, a frame supporting the belt on opposite sides of the machine, power means for actuating the belt, operator opelatcd means for controlling the opening and closing of the press by its power means, operator operated means controlling the actuation of the belkand means controlled'by the belt for stopping the actuationof the belt by the power means.

In testimony whereof, I'have hereunto signed my name, at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, this 10 day of April, 19st ED /VARD J. SCI- HEMP 

